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"RUVO 3WBKCT OPENED
WITH LIGHT SALES
er,At!eivices Average Around $5;
Ak7 hVl Higher Than First
mnrkets for the sale of
Tobacco
. - 4- rntfn nnprPn
then m of eastern Norm carolma
iaall,?f with comparatively light
Tuesday generally averaged
sale3'ito $6 per hundred pounds
frfJi an the averages on the . open-
more
altnougn the in-
.... f lnst. vear
in
JUtJ
1? an ui ,
greater at some piaceb.
f Hip offerings was re-
The, f Tkniev poor in man; cases,
PfC w ather also was a factor
and-it hi-her average. Damage
f crop hv excessive rainfall was
ed on a number of markets.
Half aiillion At Wilson,
it Wilson, the greatest leaf mai
i of vi the world, arouud twenty
hnimiid farmers, visitors, represen;
5 of tobacco companies and the
tive marketing
nssociatiou
?ere present for the opening sales.
u-iLon Ported approximate re
:M nf n half milliou pounds, about
i.-iITlT 111 a li w
he same as on the
n Th 9. price ai
first aay
average was
per
Aundred ovi
rer ine mat uaj o ".o
(1a
of the 1921 season, rarnmiie it
ovrPP.linslv light sales, about
DOl'teU KMcruiuB'J
it an average slightly
fft nnn nouiuu
above $26 per hundred.
Kooky M(ullt ana Kinston.
it Kinston, another of the large
eastern markets, sales were estimat
Pd at from three to four hundred
thousand pounds at an average ot
So per hundred or slightly . more,
official figures not being available.
Rocky Mount reported saies of 12o,
J0 pounds at an average or $22 per
hundred. Sales were largely
tended at both places. C"-operanv3
warehouses are expected to open at
Rocky Mount and Kinston early next
Greenville and Goldsboro.
Greenville, one of the largest mar
kets in the State, reported sales of
around a half million pounds at an
average of $25 per hundred, sevfl
dollars higher than on the opening
day last year. At Goldsboro the one
auction house sold 36,132 pounds at
an average of $17 per hundred.-' With
a large crowd of "Co-operators" on
hand, there was much interest in the
proceedings at that place.
Sniithfielrt.
Smithfield's auction warehouse
sold around 100,000 pounas at an
average of $22.50 to $23 per hun
dred, with growers reported satisfied i
wita prices, ine co-operauve ware
house there, it is stated, is scheduled
to open next Monday.
Xo Sales At New Bern.
New Bern was one place in the
State where no auction sales were
held. It is a co-operative association
center and all the warehouses will
be manned by the growers' organi
zation this season
Wendell and Zebulon.
First tobacco marketing through
auction warehouses in Wake county
Wednesday brought an average of 27
cents in Zebulon and above 20 cents
in Wendell, according to reports
from the markets.
In Zebulon, where two warehouses
ere open in the place or five which
operated last year, 71,808 pounds of
tobacco were sold at an average price
M $27.21 per hundred ratinds. This
as one-third, at least, better than
we opening price last year, but the
pade of tobacco was .considerably
better.
In Wendell, the two warehouses
Wednesday sold approxi
y iso.ooo pounds of a crop,
sinoa 1 o i olers say' is tne best tobacco
nrinlf i, The estimated average
wee for the sale was above 20 cents
J".00" Average At Tarboro.
for ta0ro,s two auction warehouses
with V,i8aIe tf leaf toDacco Pened
Pounds ?24-20 per hundred
Uw existTauout
1HBOR CHICKENS
A . .
thpn ha, CUizen w?1 now and
rights of , decide as between the
saidad3vT and those o another
law reauivi "S0 aso that tnere was a
h;s chicSS nc's neISnoc to keep
ld n t Lf nned 50 that thay
said he had f 11 ? the-arden. nS
011 that sprl ard some complaints
imparted I n ! fe?ently. and that he
(!uirer that fi lniormatlon to his in-
matter. an V, Was a 'aw in the
vho
siiffor,,,! , orrenaea or
the
' -""o uticuueu or
wss had recoursb ;s
matter.
LOUD
HAS RT.lT'tiCir'rk
WITH
' Shojii Apart a Day Of
ranville coin t"Sested recently that
5daof cy-ught t0 set apart
cropT;:.1 for the splen-
tverv " rUi' are fi
Ti
ir foi. .
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b l, 7 sems that, nnr nntv
unies.
ess ti,. 7s ,iea l this resnet nnri
tailed t. :ry rais which have
feat deal of h Past few days do a
to-r tlf Prospects are
, This of 1 farmer this fall.
an fr means Prosperity
- is on the move.
ay froi eft yes
k be tolh? Danville, where
15 suest of relatiyes.
u Wilson Was $23.25 Per ! To Maintain
Ave,,:i!i',v l- Sales On Other Markets jln
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; CIVIC DEPARTMENT OF '
WOMAN'S CLUB CALLS I
i ATTENTION TO STREETS'
Our Repuutlon
Prettiest Town In
For ,
thftl
burins the past i
streets have shown.
-uuniis me past few wee&s dur
the lack of be
town swfiflDpr "Pos
sibly it has- been on account of the
sana . Deing placed on them. But
noV that Work is over a st is hoped
that this important work win be giv
en careful attention.; -Especially do
the streets in the residential section
need sweeping. Tourists, na serine
rough Ojxfojrd are obliged to notice
"""ctuwu uj. uasu on tne streets
which will prevent our nosulng-our
reputation ior the prettlestt own in
the State.
CIVIC DEPT.
OXFORD, W. C.
MR. JACK USRr, WILL
TAKE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
THE PUBLIC LEDGER
The Bright Young Man Will Enter
the University Next Year.
Jack Usry, the fine son of Rev.
E. G. Usry, has consented to take
subscriptions to "the Public Led
ger this fall and winter after
school hours and on Saturdays.
Jack is a fine boy. in other
words lie is a "chip off the old
block." He wants to enter the
University next year and he hop
es to be able to defray bis own
expenses.
H0 will enter upon his duties
with the Public Ledger as soon
as the tobacco market opens.
DISCUSS CHANGING
STYLES FOE WOMEN
Small Towns Demand Broadway
Styles.
Richmond, Va., Aug. . 17. Mem
bers of the Southern Retail Mer
chants Association at their annual
session here heard lengthy discus
sions on how the retailer can make
money in the light of tne cnanging
styles of the present oar. One mer
chant declared that styles, particu
larly in women's clothes . and ma
terials, sometimes change before the
goods are received from the whole
saler, and there arises the problem of
disposing of -goods that are out
date.
It waa , revealed that theityles" ot
Paris, .London- andNew Torfc are the
styles of the smallest cross roads
town in the most remote parts of the
country, and that the staarl town
"flapper" demands the same up-to-the-minute
clothes and materials that
her sister wears on Fifth Avenue and
Broadway.
DR. MORRIS ADDRESS PARENTS
OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Once before I have stated that
Granville county would not be able
to get a specialist,to remove the ton
sils of our schoolVchildren. But we
are having it done - at : Brantwood
Hospital now the third week by Dr.
J. H. Bullock and Dr. W. N. Thomas,
and I am gratified to say the -work
is being gsplendidly done just as
well done as by the specialists we
have had before. Their work will
Dear the very closest investigation
! for comparison with the work of the
best specialists,, those we have had,
or any other, for that matter.
Thursdays and Fridays are the
clinic days of each week-arranged
that way so the farmers could have
their children for barn filling; any
week, have the operation done, and I
the children back on the farm for
the next week.
, Now is the time for everybody to
get their children immunized to
smallpox without- which a child cap
not attend any school. Have it aone
before school begins. Done free
every Saturday in the office of the
Health Department in 'the court
house, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
J. A. MORRIS, M. D.,
Co. Health Officer.0
RELATIVES OF MBS. REUBIN
HARRIS HEARD FROM
The Aged Lady Own Life, Interest In
a Fine Farm.
The last issue of the Public Ledger
stated that Mr. J. E. Jackson, county
superintendent of county welfare, de
sired to hear from the relatives of
Mrs. Reubin " Harris, an inmate of
the old folks home at Durham whose
mind is not clear.
. Since the publication of the notice
Mr. Jackson learns ttoat the old lady
owns a life interest in a nice farm in
Vance county near the Granville line.
Miss Jeannette Longmire, the ef
ficient assistant in the county clerk's
office, has returned from a visit to
friends in Norfolk and Richmond.
Mr. Thomas J. Smith will spend
the winter with his daughter, Mrs.
J. W. Adcock at Holly Springs, and
will issist in marketing tn, crop of
tobacco. : '
MUST HAVE COAIMN
STATE TO SAVE WEED
. .Washington, Aug. 16. Requests
from the state authorities of North
Carolina that provision be made for
coal to be used in the drying of to
bacco was recommended ' today by
Federal Fuel Distributor Spencer to
the North Carolina state fuel admin
istration for favorable action.
The North Carolina authorities
sontended that failure to provide
fuel for this purpose at this : time
would result" in. the .ruination of the
tobacco crop.
QXFORD, N. C.FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922
OXFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
. WILL OPEN ON 3IONDAY
SEPTEMBER FOURTH !
AIKChildren Who Have Not Been j
Vaccinated Must rjomntv tVith thft i
t ijaw Jieiore the Srhnnl fiMn. . r
" ' Mr'v m w i
more or less nloasnro thA AfiATfr nf s
ouuuiaiw wit-i
the fall term of the public schools,
and the school children of Oxford
win report on Monday moiming, Sep-i
. . I
tember 4, and be assigned to their
work. It would be well roi parents
whose children have not been vacci
nated should see that this be, done
before the school opens.
-The Faculty.
The faculty for the Oxford Grad
ed Schools for the 1922;2S session is
as follows:
Superintendent of - schools Prof.
C. G. Credle.
First Grade Miss Sallie Webb,
Miss Sadie Vinson."
" Secotfd Grade -Miss Sadie Par
ham, Miss Ella Clumenr.
Third Grade Miss Sarah Clement.
Fourth Grade Miss Mildred Har
ris, Leechville, N. C; Mrs R. L.
Hardison, Wadesboro, N. C.
Fifth Grade Miss Claire -Harris,
Roxboro, N. C.; Miss Carrie Fuller
and principal Of Grammar school.
Third" and Fourth Graces Miss
Edna Crews.
First and Second Grades Miss
Katharine Bradsher.
French and Mat. Ml3s Mable
Tate.
Latin Mi'ss Florine Lewter.
English Miss Lina Pruden, Eden
ton, N. C.
History Miss Elizabeth Allen.
History and Mat. Miss EditV
Mann, Middleton, N. C.
Math, and Athletics W. S. Liven
good. Science and Principal of higa
school W. W. Barnhart.
Sixth Grade Mrs. W. H. Kimball,
Miss Lila Currin. .
. Seventh Grade Mrs. W. W." Barn
hart. One Vacancy.
A teacher to fill the vacancy caused
by. the marriage of Miss Harris will
be named in a few days.
Colored School.
The same teachers have been em
ployed for the colored school. An
additional teacher will be added. Two
rooms are being added to the colored
school building. , . iX
REPUBLICAN. INVASION OF ' i
NORTH CAROLINA IMPENDS
Desperate Party Leaders Are Grasp
ing At AH Straws Laying Plans
To Send Spellbinders To Strategic
Points.
H. E. C. Bryant, Washngton cor
respondent of the Charlotte Observ
er, says: "Republican campaign
managers have decided to hold the
congressional districts they have in
the south and extend their gains. A
year ago they were disgusted with
their allies in "the southern states,
and virtually announced that they
would make no special effort to cap
ture congressman from Dixie, fut
now, when the republican strong
holds seem to be ready for a big
tion, they are grabbing at all straws.
"A very determined effort with
money to back it, will be made to
win the seventh, eighth, and tenth
districts in North Carolina. Re-
publican leaders here admit that, J
unless they can change the drft of j
sentiment, the house will be very
close. It is estimated that the next
house majority will be 25 for the G.
0.-P. instead of 167, as It now stands.
Democrats say that if the trend
away from the present administra
tion is that strong it will sweep them
in. . ;-. ,
Members of the President's cabinet
and the best orators in congress will
be sent to strategic points to call
on the voters for their support.
Great stress will be laid on the
party's efforts since President Hard
ing came into office to ecviiomize and
retrench. Attention will be directed
the. Arms Conference, the act re
vising me tax laws ana tne curtail
ment of appropriations.
The republicans are bedly worried
over the outlook for a heavy cut in
their majority in. the house, and a
possible flop over tojthe democrats.
Their hope now is to bolster up pub
lic confidence by a whlrlwnd effort
before the election In 'the sections
most in doubt. . .
HOUSE MEETS AFTER
RECESS OF SIX WEEKS
Members, However, Will- Not Get
Down To Actual Work Until Sen
ate Passes Tariff Bill.
Washington, Aug. 17. The House
of Representatives Tuesday ended its
six weeks recess. . The members will
hot "return- for work, however, until
the Senate has passed the tariff bill,
and the date, of tins uncertain,-
The legislative programme of the
House at its approaching session is:
- 1 Passage; of the Fordney tariff
revision bill.
2 Passage of the soldier bonus
bill.
3 Passage of the additional Fed
eral judges bill.
PASTOR J. D. HAUTE IS
SPENDING HIS VACATION
On account of the absence from
bis pulpit next Sunday, Rev. J. D.
Harte, there will be no preaching at
the Oxford Baptist church next Sun
day " morning . and evening. The
Sunday school will be at the regular
hour, 9:30.
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TO BE ELECTROCUTED j
I 1 RALEIGH, SEPT. 15 I
The Three Prisoners Leave Carthage !
Oat fkiat Tr,' i? t?i. " i
. mub. .m. v i.ttiAvitbiii i
uarthasre AitP- ir
-Jasper Thorn-
were nnnvirtaA ahnnt e .T-t. n ' I
ufIlu6ua muipuj, ouui negroes,;
day afternoon of criminal assault on
Illl-K HPS- !
"Mrs. A. Ef. Ketchen. of Miami pi a ;
Mrs. A. E. Ketchen, of Miami, Fla .1
j. .... . . ' .-!
dUU oi snooting her , husband a. E
Ketchen. Judge; B. F. I,ong - imme
diately sentenced them to - be elec
trocuted m Raleigh September 15.
JohniLeev the thlrcT negro caught
after the . crime: that aroused" Moore
county from one end to tile other,
was convicted of assault on Mr. Ket-
cuen ana was sentenced oy, Judi
xong to 12
years 'lmDrisonmpnt
MTf' andJr Ketche' both ton-:
rist from Florida,' were attacked in
camp, near Southern Pines on the
morning of August 4th. Mr. Ketch
en was shot through tne body, the
bullet entering-the breast just-below
the fourth rib; passing Within'a half
ihch and to the right of hia nari, and
coming out still further to the rig-
between the ninth and loth rib la
the scuffle, Mrs. ' Ketchen was
knocked senseless and rape'...
presence of her husband.
The whole state has watched this
case with interest, and the quick
conviction is assurance"." tnat the
court is equal to the occasion. Tfee
timely action of the sheriff m spirit
ing his prisoners away to safety be
fore the mob had time to Vorganize
was highly conimendableon" the part
of the Moore County officer, as was
the speedy trial given tne.accusA
All of this was done without violence,
without searing the good name of
the county and the State. The court
has pronounced the death penalty.
That is all the mob could have hoped
for. Governor Morrison ,too, is to
be commended for affording : troops
to uphold the authority or law.
SEABOARD IS DOING
A RECORD BUSINESS
Everybody Seems To Be Hurrying To
Travel and Ship Before Worst.
It ia talked among the local raii-
rroad "officials at this timerthat
ocrtwudiu Air i,ine. auring.the past
four to six weeks has done the biggest
uuomeds in its nistory. one official
expressed it by saying that it" seemed
IttlMIAU Aim HfTTnnmr
that everybody that han anvthinr t.jthe plant breeding work, rt fnr.
ship was trying td ship it and every
one who wanted to so anvwnera xc
trying to go and get back before the
wheels absolutely stopped rolling and
before . the worst cam w tue worst,
if such should happen.
During the month of June, the
road loaded on its system a total of
more than 23,000 freight cars' with
shipments originating on its lines,
not including merchandise consis-n
ments, which would swell the list U f
iar greater proportions. The 23,000
ears spoken of are made 'up of con
signments in which no single commo
dity was loaded in the same car. '
These figures, of course, have
nothing to do with shipments receiv
ed, which possibly equalled thoae
BCUl away, ana ior which the rail-
road was paid the same as . cargoes
departing. ......
Practically every available piece of
rolling stock is being, usees to the ut-
most to meet the demands being
made upon the road, as an evidence
of the heavy passenger traffic the
congested conditions of the trains un
der present conditions is cited, when
large crowds of people are moving
backhand forth over, the company's
lmes. Henderson Daily Dispatch.
PLENTY OF SOFT COAL "
BUT NO TRAIN
; - , TO HAUL IT
, The beginning of the end ' of the
coal strike is at hand, according to
the associated press, reports. It is
the soft coal industry in which the
initiative is made, the anthracite
field not being involved, but the pros
pect is that the country is to have all
the soft coal it may need: for indus
trial and commercial purposes, for
the agreement "just entered into un
questionably, opens the way to gen
eral resumption of soft coal mining
Operators .and workers, in the an-,
thracite industry are to get together
the coming week under proposition
similar to that through harniony was
restored between the operators and
workers in the soft coat industry.
Plenty, of Coal and no train to
haul it is none too encouraging. The
railroad strikers are still Insisting oh
the seniority rule Tand. the railway
executive appear to have no desire
to comply with their demands. -
The end of the strike may come in
a day or two, and it may be vreeks.
CONDUCTOR STRUCK I ' -
BY NEGRO SUNDAY
Capt. Woodsworth Was Conductor
On the, Oxford-Henderson Train
For Two Years.
Captain Woodsworth, running as
conductor on one of the through pas
senger trains oh the Seaooard at the
present time, was struck and flight
ly injured- by a negro 'passenger "on
No. 3 last Sunday afternoon south of
Petersburg. The negro jumped off
the train and was painfully injured,
according to reports, but , Captain
Woodwortfi was not badly hurt. It
is understood the negro was taken
back to Petersburg hospital oy Train
No. 4 when it passed northbound.
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GRANVILLE COUNTY MUST
HAVE A RURAT "POr iriivr A v
ft Is n9S, .u.
mcniga-
ways Of thettounty.
The time has "arrived -when
safety and th iiitotoM.i ,tVia &rove i Deionging to Dr, : :B. : K.
T riLi
1 iv,-c JL cei LdlU llllll- i
unities in Granville require the dil- i
"seni services of courageous rural
vuiitcuieu; ana ; tne i- authorities
and
should provde for them. .
Lacking the legal authority to nut i
on rural polcemen, a bold request iher three sturdy sons, is visiting her
shpuild be made for such authorty to i siister, Mrs. D. G, Brummitt - and
the end that decenncy may enjoy its j tne little boys playing in tfci?!ferove
rights and privileges. of massive oaks causes a&bldtJimerr
Crime in the rural sections is just to indulge in TetoretUifk
bad as crime in ' incorporated About the middle of thVlcen
townsr and the fact that -portoin. tw-"6o"w...i t.,, .v.:a.ivii-
1 corPrated towns; use the
- - uv-vuuuiij mj i j uLi meir airty
work, should Dot be -overlooked in
suth a way as to make such joints
appear' privileged or licensed.
An Oxford business man informs
the Public Ledger that he had to stop
his. car - three-times between Offord
and Stem thA MhhiJ,Z
the dare devils would run into
hm. Three cars that passed, he said
had only one headlight, and of
course, he could not tell which 'side
of the car the light was on.
A good rural policeman could
soon put the breaks on all soeeders
and the violators should be required
to pay the expense and morei too.
WILSON AVERAGE FOR
FIRST DAY WAS $23.25
Special To Public Ledger f
Wilson, Aug.-17. The Wil
son tobacco market on the op- -ening
break of the senmxx Tues
day sold a total of 488,30
pounds, at an-average of $23.25
according to the official totals
announced today. ,
ABRUZZI RYE THE
BEST COVER CROP
Plant Breeding Work At State f!nl-
lege Kecwnmends It For Planting
It is gratifying to know that
Abruzzi rye thrives in Granville
county. The small planting of Dr.
E. T. White on his farm wr nt rw
j ford three or four years ago mul-
upuea iuu told.
A high authority saya; fhe true
Abruzzi rye, as improved fpt high
yielding qualities by tho agronomists
m tne juxperiment station at state
College, Is far superikn'Ttlh'pr
winter cover crop, according to Dr.
R. Winters, who fa In chares nf
!nishes more and better grazing, it
xixatuiea earner man anv othr t.
riOtTT QnI i . ' '
- uu it uiaa.es an aDu&jance 01
organic matter to turn ninter nn nnAr
1- . v K y KJ A.
AHUU
GREENSBORO PLANS BIG
MEET FOR EXSERVICE MEN
American Legion Convention and
Reunion Sent. 8 and 9.
Plans have been conrntetpd fnr
ing visiting exservice men and women
a royal welcome., in Greensboro Sep
tember 8th and 9th, at which time
the American Legion and the Amerr
can Legion Auxiliary will hold theirj
ttuuuai cuiiveiiuon. , J '
Governor Cameron Morrison will
address the convention Friday morn
ing September 8th, Mrs. Edith S.
Vanderbilt Friday .afternoon, and
Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama
Saturday morning.. There will also
be many other prominent visitors
present for this occasion.
The Railroads have granted a one
and a haif fare rate for this conven
tion. TRAINMEN MADEJK)
SD3E TRACK 5 CARS
Murphysboro, Ills., Aug. 1 . Ap
proximately 500 striking miners
forced the crew of a-Mobe and Ohio
train to sidetrack five cars of coal at
Willysville, 10 miles north of here,
late tbU afternoon, which was bound
for East St. Louis,; according to -an
announcement tonight by E. E. Nor
ris, vice president, of.: the railroad.
HIGH AVERAGE ON .
MARKET AT MULLINS
High averages for the season are
reported on the open auction market
in the South Carolina tobacco belt.
A report received here is to the effect
that sales through last moay, Au
gust 11, amounted to
pounds, with-' a general average iur
the season to date of 1 22.9 6. This
is said to be considerably. indvance
of the price paid there last ear.
THE TRD? TO THE" ' . 1
. "WASHQUT?! POSTPONED
, On account pfiVmuddy stream
the Oxford Baptist 'Baraca Class did
not go to the Washout" yesterday
as was proposed last Sunday. The
class will -take further"" action next
Sunday. .... ; '
One of the loveliest social func
tions of the mid-summer season was
given Monday evening by Mr.jand
Mrs. J. gHprnWM honor olr.
and Mrsl" Av W. Graham, Jr., "who
have "recently, returned from an ex
tended wedding" trip ; , through f the
west. Artistically arranged : flowers
decorated the handsome home. Punch
was served by Mesdames R. H." Lew
is and R. G. Lassiter. Eleven tables
were placed for v bridge. Atractive
place cards suggestive of weddings,
marked the places of the guests.
After the game, ice cream, ' cake,
mints and nuts Twere. servedt ;
TWO HOUSES IN OXFORD IN
WHICH FIVE GENERATIONS OP
DESCENDANTS HAVE LIVED
This Makes An Old-Timer Indulge in
Retorspection.
Up on College Street in: the fine
.
TT . . .. .
y ' r witneasei tWS week.
" . IM""8 i5ut, wnren naiig
uy UUc umciyuoure
;the town or possible the ; county.
Mrs- Garland Talton of Zebulon, with
house and lot now occupfedl Mr.
and Mrs. Brummitt. Thetie: may
pot have been quite so laUhen,
although much more nunieroiis5,' but
the lot was "decidedly . laTWV To
this place Dh Duty and his kodd wife
a i r vt - 8 unw?iaaiu--., . v
and re played their younger chil
and the date of-this Is uncertain.
aren Uim ot tnese-later revr up
a married the late John W. Hays,
wno in course of time bough, the
' snares of nis wife's sisterln the
I premises. The Hays childreil pfayed
!n the old yard as had theTTTribther
before them. One of these children
rwhen grown married arid became the
mother of Mrs. Brummitt- and - Mrs."'
Talton, who spent their girlhood in
the shadows of these same old trees.
And now the grove ; is ringing with
the laughter of the fifth generation
in direct line from Dr., Duty, his
great-great-grandchildren.
About the same time Dr. Robert
Kennon Taylor bought the Little
john property on Williamsboro street
now owned by Mr, Richard P. Taylor,
his grandson. The late Dr. Leoni
dis C. Taylor, father of the; present
owner, bought the property and ;i it
has remained in the family since
that dayr Every day may be seen
nlavinz on the SDacious lawn, the
j five sturdy grandsons and . one beau
tiful young granddoughter of the.
present owner.
Across the street from the Hays
S property, Dr. Robert H. Marsh and
his great-grandson live under the
same roof. Across the street from
the Taylor home may be found the
great-grandchildren of vthe late
James Crawford Cooper, living in the
old Cooper home: further out on the
same street some of the great-grand-
i children of the late James H. Horner
'. live in thp old Korner" residence.
i tint ot tha TTnvs honsft and the Tav-
lor house, are to be found the only
1aB nvfnvi nf tho fifth ?en-
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erations in the ancestral home. In
these days of rapid-changes this is
a sight as pleasing as it is unusual.
CALLS UPON CAPITAL AND
LABOR TO STOP BICKERING'
Secretary Wallace Discusses- Rail
road Strike In Address to Virgin
ia Fanners.
Addressing a farmers convention
at Leesville, Va., last Tuesday, Sec
retary. Wallace, of the Department
of Agriculture, -presented compara
tve figures to show that the purchas-'
ing power of the farmers- nollar had
decreased sharply since 1913; "white
the wages of the workman, and es
pecially in" organized industries, are
considerably higher then they were
before the war, whether measured in
dollars and rents or In. purchasing '
power."
"The purchasing power of the
wages of the railway employe in
1921," he continued, ,Vas;.51f;!;per
cent greater-than in 191j.vn;r. .
; ' The purchasing powftf ;J the
wages of the coal miner f n'192-ii was:
3 0 per cent greater than in 19 13
The purchasing power of the farm
hand who worksfor wages In il92l
was four per cent less man in 1913f
while the purchasing ppyrer of , the
farmer himself was, on an average,'
from 25 to 45 per cent jes than in ,
1913.
"In short," Mr. Wallace- .empha
sized, the farmers of the country,
numberng almost one'tnjrj$ -fit ohr
entre; population, have JoqgtSvalto
gether the heaviest burdejodefla-'
tion and they have not .stiwiKiiVvi
"They have kept on weSng and
in the fact of extraordinary:., low;
prices have this year groiRiihe of
the largest crops in our entire Ills
tory. The farmers believes in law
and order. He believes in govern
ment. , He believes in fairness be
tween man and man. Hi believes in
workng hard and produqng-efficent-
ly. ; -.r .
, "But 1 there .are too many people
who seem to be thinking only of
themselves and how they: can profit
at the expense of the community at
large, and especially at the expense
of the farmer. The farmer is sick
and tired of this sort of business."
Goes To Columbus Co.
Judge Devin will leave next Sun
day for Whiteville, Columbus ;county,
to hold aiwo.weeks term iQr.court.
Miss Helen White enieitaincd
the Social Club Thursday afternoon
honoring Miss Evelyn Howell , , and
Mrs. Gibson; Howell of Pranlklin, Va
Zenias, "come arid cut asajnJ, sun 1
flowers and scarlet sage were .used
as decorations through out the house.
As the guests arrived punch was
served. Five tables were arranged
for Rook after an enjoyable game,
ice cream fcake and nutXwere served.
PRIVATE FAMILY CLOSE IN, OF
fers to desirable parties first clasj '
table board . at $7.50 per week.
' "X," Care Public Ledger.
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